Manifolding sales-book.



E. K. BOTTLE.

MANIFOLDING SALES BOOK. APPLICATION FILED NOV-19ll915.

1,248,695. Patnted Oct. 23, 1917.

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EDWARD xmBY'Bo'r r n, OlE -ELMIRA, NEW YORK, Ass'reivon ro AMERICAN SALES BOOK COMPANY, LIMITED, or TORONTO, ONTARIO, c n n A coaronArronor on'r nIo.

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Be it known that I, EDWARD K. BOTTLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elmira, in the countyof Chemung and State ofNew York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Manifolding Sales-Books, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.-

My present invention relates to a very simple form ofsalesbook employing original and duplicate sales ,slips,.which can be manufactured cheaply and is adaptedf to many situations where more expensive books could not be used; I

To accomplish the purposes of my invention I provide a support of' usual form, with a pad of sales-sheets which are bound together at one end into a stub, each salessheet comprising an opaque original salesslip and a translucent duplicate sales-slip connected to the original. .Secured to the book is a manila rest or sheet. a little thicker than the ordinary sales-slips, which gives-a stiff-surface upon which to write,

and is impenetrable to prevent marking" through on the lower slips. By preference the upper surface of this rest is coated, as by beingcarbonized, so as to afford a'copying or transfer material, though a carbon sheet may be used instead. The latter is held in place by a suitable spring clamp, which also engages the ends of the salesslips where the original and dpulicate are joined.

By the use of a carbon-carrying manila sheet as a rest, a rest is obtained which, while sufliciently impenetrable to prevent marking, is yet sufficiently flexible to be readily inserted between the leaves.

In the embodiment shown in the accompanying drawing, a sheet of manila paper or other moderately stiff material is attached at an intermediate portion of its length to the stub formed by binding together the ends of the sales-sheets near the weakened lines G. The staples which secure the sales-sheets together will also secure the manila sheet to this pad of salessheets. Extending from the opiposite ends of this intermediate portion 11 ,0 the manila sheet, are other portions H and H', the former providing a cover portion, and the latter a rest portion of impenetrative mate- M NrroLDiNe .sALEs-BooK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 19, 1915.

placed on thissheet,

Serial No. 62,271.

and the rest POI? to the: intermedv rial, both the. cover portion tion being foldable relative ate portion into position above the between :the' sales-sheets, respectively, as

illustrated. f In this wise. a single integral ee eea Oct. 2t", 1917.

pad and 1 sheetuof manila serves to provice the .supe

"the rest, The line or port, ,ihe cover and cover folds relative to hinge .X ,whereat the the intermediate portion H atthe stub end of the book,-.bei-ng a. bend in the. manila sheet, and below the upper face of the stub L, readily. provides for the accommodation of pads which .mayfihavebeen assembled slightly outof designed position relative to the manila sheet. i Wherever the stub is the sheet maybe creasedona properly located line, for-it will beobserved that in this embodiment the manila sheet. is not directly attached to either the rear or top face of the stub, but folds over both of these faces. The part ofthe manila sheet between the sales-sheets, that is between an upper translucent slip of a sales-sheet and alower slip of the next adjacent sales-sheet forms an impenetrable rest which prevents the marking extending-through to the other slips, and also adds a certain stiffness to the book, rendering writing more easy. In the form of book in which the duplicate is trans- .lucent, which is that preferred, the manila rest lies below the translucent duplicate of one sales-sheet and above the opaque original of the next below it, and in this arrangement the upper surface of the rest may be carbonized, which 1s the preferred construction; though, if desired, a sheet of copying paper of any kind may form the duplicating means and may be attached at one end to the rest and. lie upon its surface. If the entire sheet should be opaque, the manila rest is not carbonized and a copying sheet may be. introduced between the two parts of the sheets in the common way.

This particular form of improved book can be made at very small expense, and with it it is unnecessary to provide rigid covers. Its operation will be obvious-from the foregoing description.

The above described salesbook is simple, cheap to manufacture and easy to assemble. It is also easy to change pads in the course of business. It is obvious that other arrangements could be used which would be substantially similar and would come within the scope of the claims.

Having described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: i

1. A manifolding salesbook comprising, in combination, a pad of sales-sheets, each sheet comprising an original sales-slip and a translucent duplicate sales-slip connected to the original, said sheets bound together at one end to provide astub, a support of flexible material underlying said pad and portions of flexible material extending fromthe opposite ends of said underly ing supporting portion to provide a cover and an impenetrative freely foldable rest respectively, said cover portion being hinged Y to said intermediate portion at the stub end of the book on a line below the upper face of said stub, said rest portion being adapted to be interposed between the sales-sheets, and means carried by said rest adapted to transfer to the under face of a duplicate sales-slip impressions made on the original -salesslip connected thereto.

2. A manifolding salesbook comprising, in combination, a pad o'fsales-sh'eets, each sheet comprising an original sales-slip and a translucent duplicate salesslip connected to the original, said sheets bound together at one end to provide astub, a support of flexible material underlying said pad and portions of flexible material extending from the opposite ends of said underlying supporting portion to provide a cover and an'impenetrative freely foldable rest respectively, said portion being hinged to said intermediate portion at the stub on a linebelow the" upper face of said stub, and "said. rest having a coat transfer material on the face which is uppermost'when the rest is interposed between said salessheets.

3. A manifolding salesboolvcomprising, in combination,apad of sales-sheets, each sheet comprising an opaque original salesslip and a translucent duplicate sales 'slip conneeted to the opaqueslip, said she'ets bound together at one-e'n'd 'to provide a stub, an integral sheet of impenetrative paper having an intermediate said pa'd and connected thereto, and cover and rest portions extending fron'r opposite ends of said intermediate portionland foldableielative to said intern'iediate portion into positions above the pad and between said sales-sheets, respectively, and transfer material carried bysai'd rest on the rate thereof which is uppermost when the rest is interposed between sai-d 'sales-sheets, said cover portion being freely foldable relative to said intermediate portion on a linead jacent the stub end of the padan-d below the upper face of'said stub.

In testimony whereof I-aflix mysignature in thezpresence of two witnesses.

ED WARD KIRBY BOTTLE. Witnesses a A. LpGENTHUN, A. SI-IEPHEARD.

Copies of this patent may-be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

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